From the original house of 12 excess, Zang Tuum Tumb, Trevor Horn and his Robot Orchestra present over 150 minutes of blockbusters, rarities, vanities and mysteries. Trevor’s team at Sarm West studios worked overtime in the 80s, pumping out highly creative reworkings of their finest productions at an incredible rate.

The Art of the 12" is only the third compilation from ZTT Records, following the highly collectible Sampled (1986) and Zance (1994). It contains 22 classic, rare and unreleased 12" remixes from the ZTT vaults. Add seven avant-garde interludes - or microremixes - and that’s 29 tracks in total. It’s a treasure trove for fans of the label and its biggest acts (Frankie Goes To Holly wood, Propaganda, Art of Noise , 808 State ), as it contains some of their rarest and most accomplished remixes.

REVIEWS:

"Lovingly curated and lavishly packaged, at its best, ’The Art Of The Twelve-Inch’ is simply a reminder of just that." - CMU Daily

Ace extended-play Eighties bombast from the Trevor Horn-produced Art of the 12 compilation  The Times

...thoroughly immersive... a fantastic advert for the lost craft of the 12-inch...  Word

150 minutes of musical magnificence... lives up to its claim of being the definitive 80s remix album.  Music Week

An extended pleasure.  Yorkshire Evening Post

CD

CD1

1.

Propaganda  Duel (Jewelled)

2.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood  Rage Hard (The Young Persons Guide to the 12 Mix)

3.

Art of Noise  Close (to the Edit) (Closely Closely, Enoughs Enough)

4.

Interlude  the laughter

5.

Act  Snobbery & Decay (Extended, for Stephanie Beacham)

6.

Instinct  Sleepwalking (12 Extended Mix)

7.

Interlude  the moment

8.

808 State  Cubik (Kings County Perspective)

9.

Nasty Rox Inc.  10th Wonder (12 Mix)

10.

MC Tunes vs. 808 State  Dance Yourself To Death (License to Thrill)

11.

808 State  Pacific 909 (Mellow Birds Mega Edit)

12.

Art of Noise  Moments In Love (Beaten)

13.

Propaganda  Testament Two

CD2

1.

Interlude  the obscenity

2.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood  Relax (Sex Mix Edit)

3.

Anne Pigalle  Souvenir dun Paris (Mix Aguicheur)

4.

Interlude  the voices

5.

Glenn Gregory & Claudia Brucken  When Your Heart Runs Out of Time

6.

Interlude  the diamond mine

7.

Andrew Poppy  32 Frames (Drummed Up)

8.

Propaganda  Dr. Mabuse (! Master Mix for Germany)

9.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood  Two Tribes (Hibakush-ah!)

10.

Art & Act (a pArt of Noise)  Lifes a Barrel of Laughs (Out of This World Mix)